"After the summer of 1988, when we returned to ward 2 of Gohardasht Prison or Evin, we found all the cells empty. I could hear Farhad’s...
Made in America with an eye for export to Iran, Kourosh Ahari’s impressive feature debut terrorizes a couple staying at L.A.’s Hotel Normandie.
Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields medallist and Iranian national hero, is celebrated in an elegant documentary. http://www.zalafilms.com/secrets/
Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai passed away in August from COVID-19, leaving behind an important and eye-opening document of Polish exodus during the Second World War. His documentary The Lost Requiem...
Assyria. Babylonia. Persia. These ancient empires covered an area generally consisting of modern-day Iraq and Iran. Museum goers can learn more about these cultures through exhibitions of their artistic expressions...
There are very few people who can be recognized within seconds of hearing their name or voice. In the Iranian community, that name and voice...
One spring morning, on a return visit to Iran in 2015, I was sitting in a taxi stuck in traffic in Tehran’s Towhid Square and scanning the image-plastered dashboard to...
I grew up surrounded by good cooks, but I only started cooking seriously in my mid-twenties. I’m Iranian and my family would always make elaborate dinners to bring people together....
On 24 June, Haaretz ran the exuberant headline: “New Israeli Spy Thriller ‘Tehran’ Is Even Better Than ‘Fauda’” – the wildly popular Netflix show that gets off on Palestinian suffering...
The quirkiest (creepiest?) social distancing trend in restaurants has finally made its way to DC—that’s right, you can now dine among mannequins. The costumed figures make their debut inside Rumi’s...
The U.S. and Iran have had contentious relations ever since the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s overthrowing the shah, and the subsequent hostage crisis — in which militants held...
The Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is widely regarded as one of the great modern filmmakers, but if you discovered him at a particular peak of his international recognition — when he shared...
Comedy helps ease tense conversations, and whether he is on stage or on screen, opposite Rita Wilson, Iranian American artist Maz Jobrani always finds a way to use humor to...
There are a lot of plastic surgery reality shows out there but there’s a good chance that the latest, Netflix’s Skin Decision, will probably be your next obsession. The show...
I wouldn’t wish being Iranian on my worst enemy,” my friend Marjan posted on Instagram in mid-January. Like many Iranians, Marjan is stuck in visa limbo. An economics professor in...
The hyperventilating sweating fat mullah was devilishly portraying himself as the chosen on earth messenger of a god to pledge a special paradise nook with...
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of al-Qaeda. The propaganda operation relied...
The founders of the Iranian Female Composers Association focus on programming, commissioning and mentorship.
The artist says Iran has been “devastated” by the crisis, which he adds has been exacerbated by US sanctions
Happy Sa'di Day! The commemoration day of the 13th century Persian poet who left a global legacy with his poetic talent and eloquence! Paying tribute...
‘Fauda’ scribe Moshe Zander’s personal and geopolitical series about Israel’s shadow war with Iran stars ‘Homeland’ alum Shaun Toub and Navid Negahban and Niv Sultan. The world hardly needs more...
The despicable Mr. Charlatan is known to all of us, he is the deceiving, conniving, scandalous, and cruel bully whose greed is limitless and his...
Ghormeh sabzi on a pizza? Yara convinced the goddess of Iranian cuisine, Najmieh Batmanglij, to transform Iran’s national dish into a pizza ... with tons...
This year, several museums in the United States will feature works by Iranian artists in exile.
Almost without trying, Snoh Aalegra has an unforgettable presence. Strolling into NPR's music department on the day of her Tiny Desk Concert debut, the striking Iranian-Swedish singer...
The legendary Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian has composed a piece of music in commemoration of Ukraine plane crash victims. The song entitled “Requiem for...
There was the time that Iran pursued a secret nuclear-weapons program with North Korea and possibly facilitated the killing of dozens of people at CIA headquarters. There was the 1979...
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